It was found that characteristic frontal EEG waves significantly often precede the rapid eye movements of dreaming. The rapid eye movements were absent during dream periods of three men with life-long blindness, and of two men, 30 and 40 years blind respectively, but were present during dream periods in three men blind only 3, 10 and 15 years respectively.
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